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governor romney had a good flight. i had a bad night. >> how bad? >> well, it's not the first time i've had a bad night, but i think what's important is that the fundamentals of what this race is about haven't changed. >> is it possible you handed him the election that night? >> no. >> you're going to win? >> yes. >> don't expect joe biden to make the same mistake. the campaign says the veep will come out forcefully against the romney/ryan record and address the quote dishonesties pedalled last week. offering advice for number two the president said -- >> tomorrow night? >> well, i -- you know, i think joe needs to be joe. >> for what it's worth, the president is probably hoping that joe isn't the same joe who occasionally suffers from bouts of acute honesty on a variety of topics like gay marriage. >> he got out a little bit over his skis, but out of generosity, spirit. >> joining us now from chicago, national press secretary for the obama campaign, ben "the thunder" labolt. >> new nickname every time. thanks for having me. >> thunder bolt or thund
governor romney had a good flight. i had a bad night. >> how bad? >> well, it's not the first time i've had a bad night, but i think what's important is that the fundamentals of what this race is about haven't changed. >> is it possible you handed him the election that night? >> no. >> you're going to win? >> yes. >> don't expect joe biden to make the same mistake. the campaign says the veep will come out forcefully against the romney/ryan record and...
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well sed evenly that could be a pretty good romney night. let's do it here. what if we call ohio early. there's going to be a lot of sort of that's the ball game type thing. there are still paths for romney without ohio, but the point is how quickly do we call those states? it's an interesting way to watch the night. let me quickly of course throw you through a couple of scenarios and what i want to do tonight is sort of what is the most narrow way for things to go and what is the quickest way? the quickest way for the president to get to 270 is ohio and wisconsin. and that's what they're counting on. when we talk about the midwest fire wall, that's what we talk about. so when you've got 34r, he needs all these states. he needs florida, he needs virginia, he needs colorado, and he needs new hampshire and this is a way to do it without ohio. that's the one piece of good news. what if he can't get a wisconsin? wisconsin would put him over the top. what's his fastest way to get there? you put ohio back over here and he could do it then without colorado and witho
well sed evenly that could be a pretty good romney night. let's do it here. what if we call ohio early. there's going to be a lot of sort of that's the ball game type thing. there are still paths for romney without ohio, but the point is how quickly do we call those states? it's an interesting way to watch the night. let me quickly of course throw you through a couple of scenarios and what i want to do tonight is sort of what is the most narrow way for things to go and what is the quickest way?...
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i care about 100% of america. >> romney tried to make the best of a bad night, mentioning santorum by name, which was not in his prepared remarks. >> this was a good night for rick santorum. i want to congratulate senator santorum, wish him the very best. we'll keep on campaigning, but i expect to become your nominee with your help. >> he previewed the attack that he's a creature of washington. >> washingtonic will never be reformed by those compromised by the culture of washington. this is a clear choice. i'm the only person in this race, republican or democrat, who has never served a day of time in washington. >> and in what may have been looked like an awkward moment to some, he tried to neutralize the issue with the story of his father, george romney, who ran an auto company, a former governor and former cabinet secretary. >> my father apprenticed as a lath and plaster carpenter. he was pretty good. he could take a handful of nails, stick them in his mouth and stick them out. on his money moon he puts aluminum paint in the trunk of the car and sold it along the way to pay for the
i care about 100% of america. >> romney tried to make the best of a bad night, mentioning santorum by name, which was not in his prepared remarks. >> this was a good night for rick santorum. i want to congratulate senator santorum, wish him the very best. we'll keep on campaigning, but i expect to become your nominee with your help. >> he previewed the attack that he's a creature of washington. >> washingtonic will never be reformed by those compromised by the culture of...
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last night rachel maddow suggested that powell was the last endorsement to get in this campaign. >> rachel is right technically but i think people like michael bloomberg and joe lieberman both of whom have said they would not endorse would be if they were going endorse big gets. i think lieberman with the jewish vote on the line, states like florida as battlegrounds, i think lieberman coming down on romney's side would be really big news. coming down on obama side would be big news for another reason. and i think bloomberg because he's a national figure. i think would have a pretty good endorsement. but i don't think we're going to get either of those. >> don't think that the national jewish community would go oh, lieberman said that so let's roll with him. >> there's a big red line between obama and romney on israel. >> i mean for a generation now, this is the year the jewish vote turns on the democrats. >> joe lieberman can't endorse there's not a jewish guy in the race. >> colin powell's endorsement has gotten a lot of attention. many other endorsements fly under the radar. george bush
last night rachel maddow suggested that powell was the last endorsement to get in this campaign. >> rachel is right technically but i think people like michael bloomberg and joe lieberman both of whom have said they would not endorse would be if they were going endorse big gets. i think lieberman with the jewish vote on the line, states like florida as battlegrounds, i think lieberman coming down on romney's side would be really big news. coming down on obama side would be big news for...
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is this romney's night? if he wins big is this the beginning of the end ever the nomination process? >> thanks, thomas. it's going to be interesting what the outcome will be. you still have many states that have yet to through caucuses on primaries elect and vote for their presidential nominee. so i think florida at least will be a benchmark as to what voters are concerned about and i know in florida they're very interested in jobs. unfortunately, the campaign has take an negative, and that's politics. and if voters did not respond to negative campaigning, then there wouldn't be negative campaigning. but it is what it is and vote verse to weed through the things they're hearing and see if there's relevance. >> everyone has been bringing up the carpet bombing of ads, millions spent on both sides. mostly negative ads and negatives of both candidates going up. have these ads had the detrimental effect on a nomination fight basically demonstrating the gop cannibal igz itself? >> i agree. it confuses vote whers t
is this romney's night? if he wins big is this the beginning of the end ever the nomination process? >> thanks, thomas. it's going to be interesting what the outcome will be. you still have many states that have yet to through caucuses on primaries elect and vote for their presidential nominee. so i think florida at least will be a benchmark as to what voters are concerned about and i know in florida they're very interested in jobs. unfortunately, the campaign has take an negative, and...
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he says the president sank romney's battle ship last night. what are undecided voters saying? brian williams will be spending two days on the campaign trail with president obama as he sets out on that seven-state campaign swing. we'll have some of brian's reporting from the trail tomorrow on the show. and here's a look ahead at the schedules today. president obama, they keep saying they're departing del ray, florida. it's delray beach, it's delray beach, that's where my grand month lives. mitt romney is heading west. you're watching "the daily rundo rundown" on msnbc. ♪ constipated? yeah. mm. some laxatives like dulcolax can cause cramps. but phillips' caplets don't. they have magnesium. for effective relief of occasional constipation. thanks. [ phillips' lady ] live the regular life. phillips'. that's a good thing, but it doesn't cover everything. only about 80% of your part b medical expenses. the rest is up to you. so consider an aarp medicare supplement insurance plan, insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company. like all standardized medicare supplement plans, they he
he says the president sank romney's battle ship last night. what are undecided voters saying? brian williams will be spending two days on the campaign trail with president obama as he sets out on that seven-state campaign swing. we'll have some of brian's reporting from the trail tomorrow on the show. and here's a look ahead at the schedules today. president obama, they keep saying they're departing del ray, florida. it's delray beach, it's delray beach, that's where my grand month lives. mitt...
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under the state chairman's leadership, mitt romney won on election night. then it was a tie and it turned out rick santorum won. i'm sorry, i quit. the new iowa state chairman is known for being a supporter of ron paul. one telling politico, he's not a guy you have a lot of confidence in. we spoke to a veteran iowa politic observer who said there's angst among the party about their new chairman's ability to get the job done in iowa. state parties are important. the first thing that we think about are things like getting out the vote and the basic logistics for the presidential race. it's also everything else on the ticket. it's every other race that will be on the ballot in november. in states that are a total mess at the state party level, what's plan b? if some key state republican parties literally are not able the pay their rent so it does not seem like they will be able to do anything for the elections this fall. what's plan b? plan b is this guy. the $200 million war chest that karl rove has committed will start producing anti-obama campaign ads this
under the state chairman's leadership, mitt romney won on election night. then it was a tie and it turned out rick santorum won. i'm sorry, i quit. the new iowa state chairman is known for being a supporter of ron paul. one telling politico, he's not a guy you have a lot of confidence in. we spoke to a veteran iowa politic observer who said there's angst among the party about their new chairman's ability to get the job done in iowa. state parties are important. the first thing that we think...
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. >> reporter: mitt romney's message to donors last night as polls show a tight race in nevada and north carolina. romney's only two points behind president obama there. but seven points behind in new hampshire. >> now your job is in danger. >> reporter: both sides came out swinging with new campaign ads thursday. >> if i could sit down with you in your living room or around the kitchen table, here's what i'd say -- >> reporter: what he said in virginia beach was something new, something he calls economic patriotism. >> an economic patriotism rooted in the belief that growing our economy begins with a strong and thriving middle class. >> reporter: romney also in virginia told veterans the nation's debt is more than just numbers on paper. >> trillion dollar deficits. that debt is owned by somebody. someone holds that. that puts america in a position of economic risk. >> reporter: but even supporters are split on how romney can win this race. >> there is more fire in the belly. >> he needs to stick with the facts. it's all about the economy. >> reporter: more than half the country already
. >> reporter: mitt romney's message to donors last night as polls show a tight race in nevada and north carolina. romney's only two points behind president obama there. but seven points behind in new hampshire. >> now your job is in danger. >> reporter: both sides came out swinging with new campaign ads thursday. >> if i could sit down with you in your living room or around the kitchen table, here's what i'd say -- >> reporter: what he said in virginia beach was...
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also in the alaska nbc news will project winner is mitt romney. alaska is mitt romney. but in obama. that was too close to call for the entire night. but now virginia is going to the tstanding races in nevada and florida. i'm stunned by that virginia result. i knew we knew it was close. i knew chuck told us it was possible. >> yeah. you know who won the election? nate silver. with all those people telling him, oh this is crazy it's not going to be this close. >> did you see prediction? through the roof. he may as well beat those tonight. >> one other thing is it's been a very very big night for women. we've got some amazing numbers out of the senate, even with a few senate races yet to be called. andparticular state amazon for lack of a better term. we'll have that and those details for you ahead when we come back. msnbc's live coverage of thential election night continues. 3v obama winning a second term. we heard a greashs concession speech from mitt romney.=r we heard a long and victory speech from president obama, but the races being decided right now. i want to take
also in the alaska nbc news will project winner is mitt romney. alaska is mitt romney. but in obama. that was too close to call for the entire night. but now virginia is going to the tstanding races in nevada and florida. i'm stunned by that virginia result. i knew we knew it was close. i knew chuck told us it was possible. >> yeah. you know who won the election? nate silver. with all those people telling him, oh this is crazy it's not going to be this close. >> did you see...
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debate left him confused. >> last night you saw governor romney rushing to agree with the president on iraq, afghanistan, syria. he disavowed the foreign policy he's been running on for the past two years, just like that. half the time i didn't know whether governor romney was there to debate barack obama or endorse barack obama. it was hard to tell. >> 59.2 million television viewers watched last night's debate, down from 65.6 million who watched the second presidential debate. a cbs poll shows that 53% of uncommitted voters believe president obama won and only 23% believe romney one. and a reuters poll shows 37% obama won and 31% romney won. and 42% believe mitt romney won. today nate silver forecasts that on november 6th, president obama has a 73% chance of winning re-election and mitt romney will win 247 votes. >> i know you work while rush limbaugh is on. you actually overlap with him. >> i actually have him in my ear. >> you can't miss a minute. >> so you cut deeply into his first hour of ratings. >> i do. >> therefore it is my job to deliver to you what rush has said today. i
debate left him confused. >> last night you saw governor romney rushing to agree with the president on iraq, afghanistan, syria. he disavowed the foreign policy he's been running on for the past two years, just like that. half the time i didn't know whether governor romney was there to debate barack obama or endorse barack obama. it was hard to tell. >> 59.2 million television viewers watched last night's debate, down from 65.6 million who watched the second presidential debate. a...
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we heard it last night and then again today. romney is clear. if you're concerned about economic thefairness in this condition, you're just one of the society's losers. president obama made a very different speech today, championing the middle class and therefore the battle lines are being drawn and it's only january. we have a local year of this ahead of us. the president made unexpected allies, the other gop candidates. if you closed your ice, youeyes swear all the recent talk came from democrat, but it's republicans like gingrich and perry trying to take mitt down. are they doing president obama's work for him or are they just giving romney a chance on get his act together and try to respond to the charges? but before romney makes his acceptance speech in tampa, he'll have to get past south carolina which has in the past been a killing field of opponents. his opponents now know if he's not stopped there, it's probably over for him. and their strategy is clear. attack him as a job killer. and hope the south will be more hostile to romney than
we heard it last night and then again today. romney is clear. if you're concerned about economic thefairness in this condition, you're just one of the society's losers. president obama made a very different speech today, championing the middle class and therefore the battle lines are being drawn and it's only january. we have a local year of this ahead of us. the president made unexpected allies, the other gop candidates. if you closed your ice, youeyes swear all the recent talk came from...
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here's governor romney last night. >> he said he would bring the unemployment rate down to 5.2% by now. and we just learned on friday it's 7.9%. it is nine million jobs short of what he promised. and unemployment -- unemployment today is higher than when barack obama took office. >> so if you've got anxiety about the economy, this is the president's record. and you have to be disappointed. is that what you're fearful of?o >> no. i think we're going to win the case of the economy in this election, which is the primary reason we'll win the election. the economy is beginning to come back. we've got to build on that progress. we have created 5.5 million jobs in the last 40 months. over two million jobs by the way over the last 12 months. so we have to do a lot more. but, listen, governor romney wants to return us to the very same policies that created the recession in the first place. when we were losing 800,000 jobs. he wants to return to those policies. that's the choice. do we build on the progress that we've made, and we have a lot more work to do. the president has a plan to continue
here's governor romney last night. >> he said he would bring the unemployment rate down to 5.2% by now. and we just learned on friday it's 7.9%. it is nine million jobs short of what he promised. and unemployment -- unemployment today is higher than when barack obama took office. >> so if you've got anxiety about the economy, this is the president's record. and you have to be disappointed. is that what you're fearful of?o >> no. i think we're going to win the case of the...
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there was something startling about romney's appearance last night. it was less a victory speech on a primary night, more a restoration. in presenting himself and his family the former governor of massachusetts seemed to be confronting the american people with a fait accompli, we're here to take the country back. what they're doing, romney and the advisors is clear, they're offering the people a comfortable picture. you want it all back, the economy of the 1990's, profits, new house, high net worth, new gadgets in the communication age, brilliant outlook for kids, security your parents fell, want that positive feeling back that we knew before held hit? i'm here to show it to you to see how a family is doing. see how attractive and successful we look, self confidence and good life that shines forth from us? that what is i'm bringing back to america. that is what i am to you the promise of the same life for you and yours, perfected in the armor don't get caught up in politics, don't be thinking what has been good for us isn't going to be good for you do
there was something startling about romney's appearance last night. it was less a victory speech on a primary night, more a restoration. in presenting himself and his family the former governor of massachusetts seemed to be confronting the american people with a fait accompli, we're here to take the country back. what they're doing, romney and the advisors is clear, they're offering the people a comfortable picture. you want it all back, the economy of the 1990's, profits, new house, high net...
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on friday night, ryan, romney, and their wifs kick off the final stretch in westchester, ohio, where they are joined by 100 governors, senators, and mayors. on friday romney travels to new hampshire and colorado. sunday is still up in the air. on the trail in florida, romney began laying out his arguments, a shorter message than last week. >> to get us on track to a balanced budget, that's going to take some real work. to get that done it going to require something in washington that's spoken about but not done and it's something i have to do. i've got to be able to reach across the aisle and get good republicans and democrats to work together. >> meanwhile, we've got new nbc news marist polls and they all show a tightening race. the president leads in the three that released today. in iowa, president obama maintains a lead. six-point lead over mitt romney. that is down from eight two weeks ago. in wisconsin, romney has cut the president's lead in half from the last time we were there. he trails by three points, well within the margin of error. and then there's new hampshire which is
on friday night, ryan, romney, and their wifs kick off the final stretch in westchester, ohio, where they are joined by 100 governors, senators, and mayors. on friday romney travels to new hampshire and colorado. sunday is still up in the air. on the trail in florida, romney began laying out his arguments, a shorter message than last week. >> to get us on track to a balanced budget, that's going to take some real work. to get that done it going to require something in washington that's...
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romney got his own celebrity backup last night. michigan's own kid rock performed before a crowd of roughly 12,000 in one of the great concert venues out west outside of denver. red rock where romney claimed new momentum. >> did you get a chance to watch the debates? they have supercharged our campaign. i have to tell you that. >> both campaigns insist they are winning. in fact, beneathler even concede they are down in any battleground state. with so much riding on turnout both campaigns and particularly it seems the obama campaign fear any whiff of lose cog cost them a small slice of voters. in turn a state. while the organizational efforts are directed towards the base, romney previewed the message he will punch in the campaign's final stretch. presenting himself as the bipartisan bridge builder. >> i came in and some of the folks here were holding signs, democrats for romney. all right. i love that. i love that. paul and i have a few things in common. one is we both learned how to reach across the aisle in our elected office to
romney got his own celebrity backup last night. michigan's own kid rock performed before a crowd of roughly 12,000 in one of the great concert venues out west outside of denver. red rock where romney claimed new momentum. >> did you get a chance to watch the debates? they have supercharged our campaign. i have to tell you that. >> both campaigns insist they are winning. in fact, beneathler even concede they are down in any battleground state. with so much riding on turnout both...
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last night the faith and freedom coalition had their annual conversation in d.c. and i was struck by on a panel of hispanic outreach, the immigration issue was not raised a single time. when the outreach director was asked about this by reporters afterwards, she declined any comment and referreded us to the rnc, which give a statement from the chairman that basically criticized obama for moving politically but not criticizing the substance. that's something we saw both in mitt romney's response as well as the responses of people like marco rubio who tried to get out front on the issue. it's something that put republicans on defense and the question is they can do that for one day but that's going to be tougher for them going forward when they get asked about this. >> mark, as we look at poll numbers, what are the states where this might have the greatest effect? we're looking at this map. do you agree, it's nevada, colorado, new mexico, florida? >> you could maybe add virginia to the list given a high latino population in that state as well. we're looking at the w
last night the faith and freedom coalition had their annual conversation in d.c. and i was struck by on a panel of hispanic outreach, the immigration issue was not raised a single time. when the outreach director was asked about this by reporters afterwards, she declined any comment and referreded us to the rnc, which give a statement from the chairman that basically criticized obama for moving politically but not criticizing the substance. that's something we saw both in mitt romney's response...
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newt is ready to go after romney tomorrow night and sunday. >> the positive campaign is over. a lot of things they hit newt on, he's saying i'm being factual. they hit him on taking money from freddie mac. pictures of him with nancy pelosi. it's critical to say he's doing facts. bob wrote a column suggesting what newt should say to romney. >> i think he's ready. >> and saying pictures of mitt romney with ted kennedy signing the massachusetts health care law. pictures of signing the no child left behind. if you are a republican, you are a ted kennedy republican. >> i want to bring this back. is what newt is doing serving up what the republicans can do later in the year and the conservatives that run third party, right? >> yes. >> and the democrats can determine if he's too nimble. stay with us we have more newt coming up. you are going to see what newt is going to use over the weekend with the debates. he's got to get romney. before he gets to romney, he's got to get past santorum. you'll see him hit in both directions. this is like world war ii. wac here in manchester in a min
newt is ready to go after romney tomorrow night and sunday. >> the positive campaign is over. a lot of things they hit newt on, he's saying i'm being factual. they hit him on taking money from freddie mac. pictures of him with nancy pelosi. it's critical to say he's doing facts. bob wrote a column suggesting what newt should say to romney. >> i think he's ready. >> and saying pictures of mitt romney with ted kennedy signing the massachusetts health care law. pictures of...
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and it's panic-stricken, you saw it in the eyes of romney. does that give him some pause on monday night? >> they can't get their story straight. the bottom line is they can't get their story straight, clinton looks uncomfortable. the first was bin laden. the second was libya. and they still can't get their story straight and that's the bottom line to the story and why you see the poll results. >> david, what does romney have to accomplish at the foreign policy debate? is it some sense of people know -- i mean, what's been interesting about his stances, they're not different from president obama. he tries to hug him on some issues, but he tries to rhetorically sound different. >> it's an issue of leadership and that's where mitt romney has an opening. but i also think that's what he has to communicate. it's not so much here are 50 things i would do differently as comma commander in chief. it's the idea that you can trust me as a leader in dealing with a foreign policy crisis, in dealing with our national security. and i think when you're look
and it's panic-stricken, you saw it in the eyes of romney. does that give him some pause on monday night? >> they can't get their story straight. the bottom line is they can't get their story straight, clinton looks uncomfortable. the first was bin laden. the second was libya. and they still can't get their story straight and that's the bottom line to the story and why you see the poll results. >> david, what does romney have to accomplish at the foreign policy debate? is it some...
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is planning a second attempt to do right by romney. saturday night's event will not be at the home and will be co-hosted with several others. >>> paul ryan executed what football fans might call a fumble on the trail. confuse two cleveland browns quarterbacks while talking to one of them. condoleezza rice alongside the congressman had to point out the flub. >> i'm a big college football fan. we wife's a fan. we've been fun watching. you really are fun to watch aosu. you got a great future ahead of you. you always have a helmet on. president obama had his chance to win over football fans in ohio yesterday, too. president made it clear he knows his football facts. >> i came here today because i heard you've got a pretty fun football team to watch undefeated, if i'm not mistaken. a shot at the mac championship. >> that wraps up things for me. waiting on president obama in new hampshire. bill clinton and the boss in ohio. "now with alex wagner" is next. stick around. we want to improve our schools... ... what should we invest in? maybe new
is planning a second attempt to do right by romney. saturday night's event will not be at the home and will be co-hosted with several others. >>> paul ryan executed what football fans might call a fumble on the trail. confuse two cleveland browns quarterbacks while talking to one of them. condoleezza rice alongside the congressman had to point out the flub. >> i'm a big college football fan. we wife's a fan. we've been fun watching. you really are fun to watch aosu. you got a...
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the polls show consistently, i am the strongest rival to romney in south carolina, and i think that the debate tomoow night will be a very important part of that, and the debate thursday night will be a very important part of that. i think it's going to be a lively week. one of the most important weeks in the history of the gop because ihink nominatng somebo w is essentially a massachusetts moderate makes i much harder to defeat president obama, and nominating somebody who is a reagan conservative makes it easier to defeat president obama. >> this has been your charge, and you think about lively, and i think about the debate last sunday which was fairly lively between all of you, and this is the charges you made against romne let me play it. >> i think a bold reagan conservative with a very strong economic plan is a lot more likely to succeed in that campaign than a relatively timid massachusetts moderate. >> this is your flyer you are circulating, and it says clearly romney is not electable. >> i think he will have a hard time getting elected. >> and these were some of the exit polling
the polls show consistently, i am the strongest rival to romney in south carolina, and i think that the debate tomoow night will be a very important part of that, and the debate thursday night will be a very important part of that. i think it's going to be a lively week. one of the most important weeks in the history of the gop because ihink nominatng somebo w is essentially a massachusetts moderate makes i much harder to defeat president obama, and nominating somebody who is a reagan...
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. >> that was trump's message last night. the last election in 2012, mitt romney won the white vote by 20 points, that's what a republican is supposed to get, at least 20 points there. trump, a new poll has him winning white voters by eight points, that would be a disaster for a republican presidential candidate. again, it is even more dramatic when you compare whites who don't have college degrees, blue collar white voters. trump is doing pretty well. compare it to whites who do have college degrees. romney won them by 21 points in 2012. a fox news poll has trump ahead by 11. that would be a disaster for a republican. when it comes to college educated white women, hillary clinton is beating donald trump by 20 points. that would be absolutely unprecedented in our political history. this is why donald trump is losing. these are voters republicans have always relied on and they are turned off by donald trump. they are telling pollsters they are profoundly uncomfortable with his rhetoric, his nativist appeals, racially charged m
. >> that was trump's message last night. the last election in 2012, mitt romney won the white vote by 20 points, that's what a republican is supposed to get, at least 20 points there. trump, a new poll has him winning white voters by eight points, that would be a disaster for a republican presidential candidate. again, it is even more dramatic when you compare whites who don't have college degrees, blue collar white voters. trump is doing pretty well. compare it to whites who do have...
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but you've got to believe newt's ready, loaded for bear to go after romney tomorrow night and definitely sunday morning. >> the relentlessly positive campaign is over. to be fair to the romney super pacs, a lot of things they hit newt on, he says i'm just being factual. they hit newt on taking money from freddie mac. and that was a factual claim. they showed pictures of him with nancy pelosi, that was also a factual claim. it's a little hypocritical for him to claim he's doing facts. but there issed to ish for hill. bob sh rum our friend wrote a column the other day suggesting what newt should say to mitt romney. >> i think he's ready. >> look, he had pictures of mitt romney with ted kennedy, signing the massachusetts health care law. pictures of mitt romney with ted kennedy, signing no child left behind. and saying, you, sir, if you're a republican you're a ted kennedy republican. >> so basically, i want to bring this back, when we come back in a minute, is what newt's doing serving up what the republicans can do later in the year, and concerns that they run third party against him, rig
but you've got to believe newt's ready, loaded for bear to go after romney tomorrow night and definitely sunday morning. >> the relentlessly positive campaign is over. to be fair to the romney super pacs, a lot of things they hit newt on, he says i'm just being factual. they hit newt on taking money from freddie mac. and that was a factual claim. they showed pictures of him with nancy pelosi, that was also a factual claim. it's a little hypocritical for him to claim he's doing facts. but...
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. >> both romney and corker will meet with trump tomorrow night. romney, in fact, is having dinner with trump. >>> the vp elect promises some very important announcements tomorrow. steve cortez, republican strategist. steve, let me ask you more on romney. kellyanne conway makes it clear that she is making attacks for those who don't want him. mike huckabee, the former governor of arkansas. what is it that really bugs people about romney? >> chris, i'll tell you, those of us who are in politics, no matter where you fall in partisan terms, we love palace intrigue, don't we? it's fascinating. i would say regarding palaces, the european royal families intermarried a heck of a lot. i'm not sure it was about love, it was often for political convenience. that might be part of what's going on here with this dance for mitt romney. but i will tell you and i will echo to some extent what kellyanne conway said. when i look at my social media world and i talk to people, there is almost a visceral revolt against romney among trump supporters. i will say personal
. >> both romney and corker will meet with trump tomorrow night. romney, in fact, is having dinner with trump. >>> the vp elect promises some very important announcements tomorrow. steve cortez, republican strategist. steve, let me ask you more on romney. kellyanne conway makes it clear that she is making attacks for those who don't want him. mike huckabee, the former governor of arkansas. what is it that really bugs people about romney? >> chris, i'll tell you, those of us...
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which of the lines raised last night and the tax return line, which is raised last night and by romney, could actually do damage if picked up by the press against donald trump? >> well, i think the tax return line, the taxes thing is actually, to çme, the one thats most promising, right. both because it has mitt romney as a high profile advocate of that line, and romney can speak from a certain kind of experience about that. but also, because there really are questions. questions of what is in those tax returns, questions of why trump, who is being so open with the press in so many ways, why so elusive about this. the irs says no reason he can't while under audit. even if you believe, people wouldn't want to put their tax returns under those circumstances. why can't he release past years. and the idea is trump says you don't learn something from someone's tax returns is ridiculous.wf?tk[ this is a story the press understands. not just from romney, but from tradition presidential campaigns going back and the press unders well enough and seized on it again and put pressure in this ar
which of the lines raised last night and the tax return line, which is raised last night and by romney, could actually do damage if picked up by the press against donald trump? >> well, i think the tax return line, the taxes thing is actually, to çme, the one thats most promising, right. both because it has mitt romney as a high profile advocate of that line, and romney can speak from a certain kind of experience about that. but also, because there really are questions. questions of...
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obama put romney in a few different decades last night. let's play that. >> the 1980s are now calling to ask for their foreign policy, because the cold war has been over for 20 years. but governor, when it comes to our foreign policy, you seem to want to import the foreign policies of the 1980s like the social policies of the 1950s and the economic policies of it is 1920s. >> that was a great line, but he went on to accuse mitt romney of having the foreign policy of both george w. bush and obama. i'm confused. how can mitt romney's foreign policy span three decades and three different presidents? >> he also got the ships going under the water. submarines are boats, with na corrected as well. i've watched the network all day preparing for. this you cannot accuse governor romney of being too close to president obama on policies and say his policies are from 1980s. that doesn't work. i was in the 1980s, and i liked how it ran. we were on top of things. we started cutbacks under reagan. he took cuts during the time he was in office. we were ac
obama put romney in a few different decades last night. let's play that. >> the 1980s are now calling to ask for their foreign policy, because the cold war has been over for 20 years. but governor, when it comes to our foreign policy, you seem to want to import the foreign policies of the 1980s like the social policies of the 1950s and the economic policies of it is 1920s. >> that was a great line, but he went on to accuse mitt romney of having the foreign policy of both george w....
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during last night's debate. all of that and more ahead on news nation. >>> secretary of state hillary clinton is in afghanistan making a surprise visit to the afghan capital of kabul. this is after she made stops in oman and libya where she promised aid to the transitional government. >> we will be here as your partner. we will continue to emphasize the importance of the rule of law, respect for human rights, trade and investment, and the importance of civil society, academic institutions and learning. >> michael sing is managing director for the washington ins institute and with as director on the staff under george w. bush. michael, thanks so much. >> thank you. >> this is a pretty critical moment with the karzai government, tensiones with pakistan, from karzai to pakistan and recent attacks. the attacks against key -- well, the embassy where she is staying tonight. the embassy compound in kabul. >> right. it absolutely is critical. i thing that given the allegations that was made by the network, given the unc
during last night's debate. all of that and more ahead on news nation. >>> secretary of state hillary clinton is in afghanistan making a surprise visit to the afghan capital of kabul. this is after she made stops in oman and libya where she promised aid to the transitional government. >> we will be here as your partner. we will continue to emphasize the importance of the rule of law, respect for human rights, trade and investment, and the importance of civil society, academic...
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i thought paul did a good job last night talking about it and i'm sure governor romney will in the next debate. >> senator jim talent thanks for joining us. >> thank you, andrea. >> up next, the democratic take on last night's debate. party chair deppby wasserman-schultz. >> time for the your business entrepreneur of the week. former model and goldman sachs analyst created shoptiques that helps local boutiques that don't have their own sites sell on-line. she knows content sells and launched a companion on-line magazine as an ultimate source for what's in. for more watch your business sunday morning at 7:30 on msnbc. [ female announcer ] beef, meet flavor boost. flavor boost, meet beef. it's swanson flavor boost. concentrated broth to add delicious flavor to your skillet dish in just one stir. mmm! [ female announcer ] cook, meet compliments. get recipes at flavorboost.com. i've got a nice long life ahead. big plans. so when i found out medicare doesn't pay all my medical expenses, i looked at my options. then i got a medicare supplement insurance plan. [ male announcer ] if you're elig
i thought paul did a good job last night talking about it and i'm sure governor romney will in the next debate. >> senator jim talent thanks for joining us. >> thank you, andrea. >> up next, the democratic take on last night's debate. party chair deppby wasserman-schultz. >> time for the your business entrepreneur of the week. former model and goldman sachs analyst created shoptiques that helps local boutiques that don't have their own sites sell on-line. she knows...
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in 2016 it took all night to find out whether hillary clinton or bernie sanders won. so there's been a ton of scrutiny to the system. i have been talking to a lot of influential iowans here over the last few months. they have been worried. not because they thought something like this was going to happen, but they were concerned that if there was some sort of muddle tonight, there wasn't a clear result, that would be a big question. people would start to say, why does iowa fwo first if it's not going to set us on a path that we like here. clearly, they are saying they have this conversation every four years, but this is a disaster tonight if you're trying to think of the continuity of the iowa caucus itself. >> what do you think, charlie? >> i think it's the end of this thing. and i think caucuses in general are not democratic. they are not a great place to start your presidential nominating process. and i think this is just the death now. if if it's not the death nail, somebody should get fired. >> thank you both. we will have much more on the state of play in this ve
in 2016 it took all night to find out whether hillary clinton or bernie sanders won. so there's been a ton of scrutiny to the system. i have been talking to a lot of influential iowans here over the last few months. they have been worried. not because they thought something like this was going to happen, but they were concerned that if there was some sort of muddle tonight, there wasn't a clear result, that would be a big question. people would start to say, why does iowa fwo first if it's not...
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look like a smooth move. >> i want to play a little bit of bites of last night, there was -- you're in a weird situation if you're a candidate or campaign. it's a wired situation. you have a bunch of natural came cameras, you want to take advantage of that. klobuchar came out and said, we don't know, we're here, we're kicking opinion hello cameras, that started a bunch of dominos, take a listen to some of what got said last night. >> i imagine -- have a strong feeling that at some point the results will be announced. and when those results are announced, i have a good feeling we're going to be doing very well here in iowa. >> so we don't know all the results, but we know by the time it's all said and done, iowa, you have shocked the nation. >> it is too close to call. i'm going to tell you what i do know. >> you won! >> bigger than any candidate, any party, and folks, i said from the outset, we're in a battle for the soul of the nation, and that's not hyperbole, we really believe that. >> i do think that the -- those can be very tangible in terms of fund-raising. that's how it cashe
look like a smooth move. >> i want to play a little bit of bites of last night, there was -- you're in a weird situation if you're a candidate or campaign. it's a wired situation. you have a bunch of natural came cameras, you want to take advantage of that. klobuchar came out and said, we don't know, we're here, we're kicking opinion hello cameras, that started a bunch of dominos, take a listen to some of what got said last night. >> i imagine -- have a strong feeling that at some...
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how would you describe mitt romney's strategy last night? >> i think it's easy to lose sight of who the audience of the debate was, and it was independent voters. if you look at how the independent voters interpreted the results last night, triple p said they were less likely to stroet for obama afterwards and more likely it to vote for obama afterwards. it's a small sample. it shows the success of romney's strategy, which was to pass that presidential bar, but then also to be talking about these economic issues as much as he could whenever he could. whenever the debate pivoted back to economics, he dominated. i think that was very, very clear, and we saw it over and over again throughout the debate. >> one area he did not dominate and we'll play this clip later, the auto industry. i don't think anyone thinks he dominated on that subject matter and that's millions of jobs for a lot of people in states he needs, particularly ohio. jonathan, i want to bring up what joe scarborough had to say about romney's move to the center and the timing of
how would you describe mitt romney's strategy last night? >> i think it's easy to lose sight of who the audience of the debate was, and it was independent voters. if you look at how the independent voters interpreted the results last night, triple p said they were less likely to stroet for obama afterwards and more likely it to vote for obama afterwards. it's a small sample. it shows the success of romney's strategy, which was to pass that presidential bar, but then also to be talking...
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mitt romney will not hold back. the president joked about his first debate last night. >> as some of you may have noticed, i had a lot more energy in our second debate. i felt really well rested after the nice long nap i had in the first debate. >> what is the strategy leading into the next debate? more sleep or more prep? >> the president is heading to do additional prep this weekend. he's ready for this debate. this is the president who promised the american people in 2008 that he would end the war in iraq in a responsible way, would refocus on al qaeda and put forward a plan to end the war in afghanistan and restore alliances around the world and i think he's done those things. two words on governor romney's foreign policy record, blunder and bluster. he alienated our closest allies. he said he wouldn't move heaven and earth to get bin laden. he called russia and not al qaeda our greatest foe. the american people see a strong contrast in the debate on monday night. >> that assessment notwithstanding of the govern
mitt romney will not hold back. the president joked about his first debate last night. >> as some of you may have noticed, i had a lot more energy in our second debate. i felt really well rested after the nice long nap i had in the first debate. >> what is the strategy leading into the next debate? more sleep or more prep? >> the president is heading to do additional prep this weekend. he's ready for this debate. this is the president who promised the american people in 2008...
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in 2012, on the night of the iowa caucuses, mitt romney was the apparent winner, until a few days later, rick santorum was declared the victor. still later, it turned out that a third and different candidate, congressman ron paul, had actually won the lion's share of the delegates and thereby, technically, won iowa. members of the ron paul campaign, it should be noted, were later criminally indicted for a bribery scandal in that year's caucuses. so, yes, it has been a mess in iowa before. but that does not change the fact that it is a very consequential mess right now nor the democrats who competed there last night. today, the bipartisan leadership of the senate intelligence committee reassured everybody, reassured the country that there's no evidence of any foreign interference or some hacking at work in the iowa chaos. iowa democrats do have paper ballots as backup. they say they have confidence that the ultimate tally will be true and verifiable, if slow. they're promising a full investigation into what went wrong. >> again, iowa only half the story tonight. worth noting that the pre
in 2012, on the night of the iowa caucuses, mitt romney was the apparent winner, until a few days later, rick santorum was declared the victor. still later, it turned out that a third and different candidate, congressman ron paul, had actually won the lion's share of the delegates and thereby, technically, won iowa. members of the ron paul campaign, it should be noted, were later criminally indicted for a bribery scandal in that year's caucuses. so, yes, it has been a mess in iowa before. but...
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as you mentioned, on the night of the caucuses, romney, i think the total was eight votes, something like that. he was declared the winner. new hampshire came right after that. romney won new hampshire easily. they went down to south carolina. romney was looking at winning south carolina and putting that race away. and then what happened? in that final pre-south carolina debate, newt gingrich went after the moderator. he started taking off in the polls. then on the eve of the south carolina republican primary in 2012, they announced, oh, we actually had a tabulation error in iowa. the winner was not mitt romney. it was rick santorum. so romney, who was already falling in the polls while gingrich was surging had to endure a story that, oh, by the way, he lost iowa. romney instead of opening two of the first three, lost two of the first three. he ended up surviving but that's what happened then. the example that comes to mind on the democratic side, the last time we saw this, we saw this in 2016 obviously where overnight 2 looked like hillary clinton was going to win and the next day s
as you mentioned, on the night of the caucuses, romney, i think the total was eight votes, something like that. he was declared the winner. new hampshire came right after that. romney won new hampshire easily. they went down to south carolina. romney was looking at winning south carolina and putting that race away. and then what happened? in that final pre-south carolina debate, newt gingrich went after the moderator. he started taking off in the polls. then on the eve of the south carolina...
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if romney land is feeling bruised the tale of the tape last night was a t.k.o. the president won painting romney as an out of touch plutocrat, calling romney out for paying 14% in taxes, letting detroit go bankrupt and pushing a sketchy budget on the american public. he saved his blow for the most powerful of the night. >> i think the president's campaign has tried to characterize me as someone who's different than who i am. i care about 100% of the american people. >> when he said behind closed doors that 47% of the country considered themselves victims, who refused personal responsibility, think about who he was talking about. and i want to fight for them. that's what i've been doing for the last four years because if they succeed, i believe the country succeeds. >> refs on both sides agree that last night was a bruiser but the strongest most concise assessment came courtesy of the new york daily news. bam boom. round three, the last and time bought, is monday. sam stein, of "the huffington post," we have seen a lot of back and forth this morning from republic
if romney land is feeling bruised the tale of the tape last night was a t.k.o. the president won painting romney as an out of touch plutocrat, calling romney out for paying 14% in taxes, letting detroit go bankrupt and pushing a sketchy budget on the american public. he saved his blow for the most powerful of the night. >> i think the president's campaign has tried to characterize me as someone who's different than who i am. i care about 100% of the american people. >> when he said...
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last night romney stated if he were president, we would be out of afghanistan by 2014. turns out to be the exact same day as the president. let's take a look. >> we've got to be finished by 2014, and when i'm president, we'll make sure we bring our troops out by the end of 2014. >> as i said, that sounds like he's announcing a date of withdrawal, which is odd since during the primaries he was so critical of president obama for doing just that. >> he announced the date of the withdrawal of our surge forces based upon a political calendar, not the calendar that the commanders on the ground said it was based for our mission. that was wrong. this president, however, has done -- made it very difficult for our troops to be able to be successful in that mission by, number one, announcing a withdrawal date for our troops. i think it was a mistake to say the specific date we withdraw. >> i guess, john, he's talking about an alternative strategy of sneaking out of afghanistan. >> that's right. >> it seems like you ought to alert your allies to your general thinking before you con
last night romney stated if he were president, we would be out of afghanistan by 2014. turns out to be the exact same day as the president. let's take a look. >> we've got to be finished by 2014, and when i'm president, we'll make sure we bring our troops out by the end of 2014. >> as i said, that sounds like he's announcing a date of withdrawal, which is odd since during the primaries he was so critical of president obama for doing just that. >> he announced the date of the...
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the magazine quotes a romney aide on election night talking to romney's son tagg as the results were coming in. he looked like he was in a complete state of shock, as if these numbers cannot be real. to make matters worse, their polling told them florida and virginia, two states that romney lost, were in the bag. the republican party is left asking itself what went wrong and how they fix it. john brabender is a republican strategist and top adviser to rick santorum, and robert shrum, democratic strategist and columnist for the daily beast. john, you're on the inside. you know something about this. do you understand how somebody would think that the electorate that's going to participate in 2012, in a general election with barack obama, an african-american, a democrat, and a relatively popular president, would create a different electorate than the one you saw say in 2010 or in a primary situation? >> well, i think -- as you know, every poll starts with an assumption. here is who we think is going to show up and vote. therefore, that's who we ask the question of. republicans, and not
the magazine quotes a romney aide on election night talking to romney's son tagg as the results were coming in. he looked like he was in a complete state of shock, as if these numbers cannot be real. to make matters worse, their polling told them florida and virginia, two states that romney lost, were in the bag. the republican party is left asking itself what went wrong and how they fix it. john brabender is a republican strategist and top adviser to rick santorum, and robert shrum, democratic...
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tell your friends that last night mitt romney received just six fewer votes in the iowa caucuses than did he in the 2008 contest. in 2008, mike huckabee won the state with 40,954 votes. i spent the night last night at the caulkies site in altoona, iowa, suburb bf 15,000 people some 20 minutes outside of des moines. altoona precincts one and two sat in separate parts of the gym and the gathered crowd listened to pitches for the candidates before casting their ballots very simply with a little slip of pape eastern mini number two pencil. the votes were tabulated by hand in the hallway and then the winners announced back inside the gym. precinct one went for ron paul. precinct two went for santorum. he got 42 votes followed by paul with 43 and romney with 27. i talked to the voters as they left the gym last night. many of them talking about their highest priority defeating president obama. >> who did you caucus for tonight? >> mitt romney. >> who did caucus for tonight? >> mitt romney. >> i voted for mitt romney. >> tonight my choice is rick santorum. >> rick santorum. >> the biggest thi
tell your friends that last night mitt romney received just six fewer votes in the iowa caucuses than did he in the 2008 contest. in 2008, mike huckabee won the state with 40,954 votes. i spent the night last night at the caulkies site in altoona, iowa, suburb bf 15,000 people some 20 minutes outside of des moines. altoona precincts one and two sat in separate parts of the gym and the gathered crowd listened to pitches for the candidates before casting their ballots very simply with a little...
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the night before. they believed a different electorate would show up and i think believed a different electorate would show up last night. we look at the different issue sets. talked about abortion, talked about elections. i think what we probably underestimated was this sort of confluence of those issues in the idea of extremism. >> right. >> really it was a force multiplying. if you talk to any republican pollster and saw it in the exit poll last night, and asked somebody, what is your position on abortion? you asked, no exceptions in any cases lands you right about 9% of the american people. >> yeah. >> right? republican pollsters this is a terrible thing. we can't be for this. but if you aligned at something like that, denied elections, this stuff, this is the snowball that keeps getting bigger as it rolls down a hill, and to barnicle's point, all of a sudden crazy versus normal is, is a choice. if you have lined up all the statistics yesterday as we were talking about. >> right. >> consumer confid
the night before. they believed a different electorate would show up and i think believed a different electorate would show up last night. we look at the different issue sets. talked about abortion, talked about elections. i think what we probably underestimated was this sort of confluence of those issues in the idea of extremism. >> right. >> really it was a force multiplying. if you talk to any republican pollster and saw it in the exit poll last night, and asked somebody, what is...
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and mitt romney last night said he was the cautious guy. that's how he's been running his campaign all year. he ben saying i'm not going to risk any polical capital. i'm going to let the other guys lose. what that does is build a market lled resentful dependency. it's like you're the cable company or the power company. you have no choice but to y from us. you know, take it or leave it. and voters -- >> you want to be nice to cable companies. >> but the problem is, that that makes voters want to tell mitt romney, oh, yeah, we'll teach you a lesn. last night he gave them an opportunity to do that with an elitist comment. newt gingrich is runnig, i think, he's running as the strong guy, not the cautious guy. at means he's going to -- he can get out there and say, look, your house is burning down, i'm a fireman. you don't care where i slept last night or what i did. let me put out the fire. you need me on that wall. >> ted koppel, what did you see? >> i hope to ioke the great lilytomlin, david, who once said no matter how cynical i get, i can v
and mitt romney last night said he was the cautious guy. that's how he's been running his campaign all year. he ben saying i'm not going to risk any polical capital. i'm going to let the other guys lose. what that does is build a market lled resentful dependency. it's like you're the cable company or the power company. you have no choice but to y from us. you know, take it or leave it. and voters -- >> you want to be nice to cable companies. >> but the problem is, that that makes...